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Keep your birds cool by placing drinkers in the shade. Shaded water stays cooler longer, unlike water in direct sunlight, which heats up quickly.
Each year, scientists at the LSU AgCenter conduct performance trials to evaluate forage production, and these are the results.
This article highlights the benefits of cover crops and offers Louisiana-based recommendations for optimal cool-season varieties and seeding rates.
Hoof health issues are common for small ruminants. In Louisiana's climate, proper hoof care is key to boosting herd health and productivity.
One of the most important decisions a forage producer must make is which variety or varieties to plant. The LSU AgCenter conducts variety trials each year.
When properly applied, sugarcane ripeners can maximize recoverable sugar and minimize cane yield (tonnage) losses.
A review of good equine nutrition practices featuring infromation of the horse digestive system and Body Condition Score (BCS).
Feeding a senior horse can be tricky and requires a more individualized approach to maintain an appropriate body condition score.
Each animal requires specific nutrition tailored to its species, age, weight, and current stage of life or production for optimal performance.
Louisiana agriculture: billions to the economy, diverse jobs, significant economic value beyond the farm gate in 2023.
The Educated Horseman Series provides science based information covering a variety of horse related topics and techniques including Health, Management, Disease, Facilities, and Equipment.
If sugarcane varieties are the lifeblood of the Louisiana sugar industry, then variety selection is one of your most important decisions.
Bovine anaplasmosis is an infectious, noncontagious disease of cattle that is caused by the organism Anaplasma marginale.
Foals are susceptible to parasites, and while we are all deworming our horses based on fecal egg counts, this approach is not recommended for foals.
The Educated Horseman Series provides science based information covering a variety of horse related topics and techniques including Health, Management, Disease, Facilities, and Equipment. (PDF Format Only)
Unmanned aircraft, also known as drones, have several uses in farming operations.
Herbs grown fresh for you in Louisiana.
Scientists with the LSU AgCenter annually evaluate cotton varieties in official variety trials (OVTs) at several locations across Louisiana.
When considering a sugarcane soil fertility program, follow these guidelines. The number one priority should be the soil pH.
Raised in Louisiana just for you.
Soybean production guidelines are prepared by LSU AgCenter cooperating personnel from LA Agricultural Experiment Station researchers.
Why do farmers burn in the first place? What are the benefits of burning crop residues? What will happen if farmers are not able to burn? What is a prescribed burn? What is smoke and ash management? Find these answers and more in this publication.
This annual publication handles information such as changes in varieties, pest management products and other recently developed production practices.
Grain sorghum hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials provides unbiased performance data for grain sorghum hybrids.
Research at the H. Rouse Caffey Rie Research Station, Crowley, LA, is conducted by scientists with the LSU AgCenter's Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station.
Corn hybrid performance is annually evaluated in hybrid trials to provide Louisiana farmers, seedsmen, county agents and consultants with unbiased data.
Drought continues to impact agriculture in the normally humid Midsouth and Gulf South. Irrigation will become critical for crop production during drier times.
The Louisiana sugar industry has spent decades looking for alternative uses of excess sugarcane bagasse. One solution is the production of biochar.
The perennial nature of fruit production guarantees that an orchard is going to experience drought stress at some point. Check out these tips to help your crop.
Lack of rain coupled with extreme heat during a growing season will negatively affect a pecan crop and may even have lingering negative effects.
The growth of soybean plants consists of vegetative and reproductive stages.
Small grain variety trials are conducted annually by scientists of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Agricultural Experiment Station.
Certain herbicides are often applied in Louisiana to attain increased harvest efficiency.
Knowing the pregnancy status of females allows producers to make more informed and precise management decisions which increase efficiency and profitability.
Prescribed burning is a crop management practice widely used in the production and harvest of many agricultural and timber products across the United States.
Aerial blight is a soybean disease caused by the soilborne fungus Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA, and it is particularly important in the Midsouth.
Scientists with the LSU AgCenter annually evaluate cotton varieties in official variety trials (OVTs) at several locations across the state.
Once a heifer has reached puberty, reproductive cyclicity begins.
Estrous synchronization is a reproductive management tool in which the estrous cycle is manipulated so that breeding females enter into estrus simultaneously.
Grain sorghum hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials by LSU AgCenter researchers to provide unbiased data for commercial growth.
Grown in Louisiana just for you.
Raised in Louisiana just for you.
Corn hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials (OHTs) by LSU AgCenter researchers to provide unbiased data for commercial corn hybrids.
Prepared by LSU AgCenter cooperating personnel from Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station researchers and by the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.
The number one priority of a good soil fertility program should be the soil pH.
Before getting into the hemp production business, we have provided a few tips to avoid pitfalls.
Decisions on variety selection are some of the earliest and most critical you will make. This will help you decide what's best for your growing conditions.
Research at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station, Crowley, LA, is conducted by scientists with the LSU AgCenter's Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Featuring blueberries, catfish, peppers, and more!
Use this resource as a guide to understand basic business principles of growing fruit and vegetable crops.
The Louisiana Soybean & Grain Research & Promotion Board 2022 Report
PDF versions of annual reports published to summarize research done at the LSU AgCenter's Audubon Sugar Institute.
Small grain variety trials are conducted annually by scientists of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Agricultural Experiment Station (LSUAC).
The sugarcane beetle, Euetheola humilis (Burmeister) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is a sporadic pest of young sugarcane in Louisiana.
Business planning provides farm owners an opportunity to strategically map out the start or expansion of their farm businesses.
Scientists with the LSU AgCenter annually evaluate cotton varieties at four locations that represent Louisiana's cotton-producing regions.
Many of Louisiana’s forest landowners experienced damage to the fruit and nut trees following the "big freeze" of February 2021.
Complete pdf of the Chemical Weed Management Guide.
Standing estrus, also referred to as heat, is a brief period within a female’s reproductive (estrous) cycle during which she will allow herself to be mounted.
Grain sorghum hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials by LSU AgCenter researchers to provide unbiased data for commercial growth.
Corn hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials (OHTs) by LSU AgCenter researchers to provide unbiased data for commercial corn hybrids.
Prepared by LSU AgCenter cooperating personnel from Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station researchers and by the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.
Research at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station, Crowley, LA, is conducted by scientists with the LSU AgCenter’s Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Research at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station, Crowley, LA, is conducted by scientists with the LSU AgCenter’s Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Decisions on variety selection are some of the earliest and most critical you will make. This will help you decide what's best for your growing conditions.
Complete book.
Reminders of ways to keep pesticides on-target during a pesticide application.
This guide is intended to clarify procurement rules as they apply to local school food purchases and to help school districts increase their use of local foods.
Small grain variety trials are conducted annually by scientists of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Agricultural Experiment Station (LSUAC) to
Taproot decline of soybean (TRD), is an emerging fungal disease affecting soybean production in the southern U.S.
Catfish raised in Louisiana just for you.
